noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.

   "She heard the percolator bell ring."

2. 2
   a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans wordnet
3. 3
   A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

More examples

"The percolator is out of order."

Etymology

From percolate + -or.

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